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WHAT! Henry Fleming’s protest over the precinct changes had no
effect? How can Henry be expected to deliver if he has no voice in stack
ing the cards?
PERHAPS the fact that Kinney Hiatt spends so much time loafing in
the city courtroom prevented Judge Pritchard from recognizing him as a
defendant in the gambling case.
THE BELATED INTEREST of the News in alleged losses of road
building money is interesting. Perhaps some day that paper will find out
how much the state highway commission has wasted.
TOMMIE DILLON'S eyesight is bad and he wants to get off the penal
farm. Charlie McNulty didn’t do nothin’ but get a little booze for Marion
club boys and he doesn’t want tor serve time. Pardon us, governor, but
when will you get home?
McNulty's Novel Plea
The most novel plea for a pardon that has ever come before the state
board has been received from Charles O. McNulty, who used to keep the
Bull and Bear saloon in the Board of Trade building.
McNulty, convicted of running a blind tiger, wishes the state board
to relieve hfwi of serving a penal farm sentence because, forsooth, the
liquor that he was convicted of holding In violation of the law was intended
for the private use of members of the Marion club and not for public sale!
In other words, Mr. McNulty presents the peculiar plea that although
he violated the law he did it to help members of the Marion club hold a
carousal, and since his violation of the law was for the benefit of the Marion
club members it ought to be condoned and himself pardoned.
It is difficult to understand just what* attaches to membership in the
Marion club that gives any one the right to believe that a law viola
tion for the benefit of its members should be overlooked.
The club is not presumed to be any less amenable to the laws of In
diana than any other social organization. Its members have not yet ob
tained any special dispensation from the state government under which
they may protect men who violate the law for them. It is true that affilia
tion with the republican party is presumed to be a qualification of its
membership, but there are hundreds of republicans who believe in the
strict enforcement of the liquor laws and will certainly not condone the
non-enforcement of a justly imposed sentence merely because the defend
ant was doing something for members of the Marion club.
No, Mr. McNulty, we must declare that your plea for a pardon is
neither justified nor justifiable. You admit you violated the law and it
really doesn’t make a particle of difference whether you did It to favor
a Marion club member or a member of the Brown County Sewing circle.
You had a fair trial and you took an appeal. The appeal was fruitless and
you ought to take your medicine. It may be a bitter dose, but you knew
how it would taste when you placed yourself in a position requiring that
you swallow it.
Your old friend Jim Collins has done enough for you. He gave you
sixty days in which to pull wires to escape punishment under the guise!
of permitting you to arrange your business affairs.
It was inconsiderate for Gov. Goodrich to hurry off to Florida and leave
you unpardoned, but Jim was ever thus.
Now, Mr. McNulty, you will either go to the penal farm and serve
your sentence or you will compel the republican administration to admit
again that it is not fit to be entrusted with the enforcement of the lawß
of this state. And just between us girls, Charles, the republican admin Is- j
tration has made so many admissions of this kind that about one more
Is all that is necessary to create unanimous opinion to that effect.
The Legion or the Party?
Gov. Goodrich has again been requested to keep his promise to call a
session of the legislature at which the construction of a national head
quarters building for the American legion can be made possible. This re
quest has been made by the new state war memorial committee appointed
by the governor himself.
Other cities are providing for headquarters for the legion on the theory
that it will be taken from Indianapolis. There is hardly a city which even
hopes to obtain the headquarters which is not better able to receive it
than Indianapolis, which has had it for months. Immediate action is nec
essary. That was the unanimous opinion of the state Committee. But im
mediate action is hardly to be expected. Gov. Goodrich has gone to Florida,
far aw’ay from mere problems which demand solution in Indiana. The
legion committee may obtain action when he returns and, again, it may not
Even Mayor Jewett has joined the list of those who are demanding
immediate action. He declared, that there must be some positive action
immediately and that a special session should be called even if there is no
other necessity for-it than the neces|ity of providing for the legion.
Gov. Goodrich has in mind a different consideration. He has decided,
and so stated, that a session will be called if the republican party will
benefit thereby. Otherwise, it 'will not be called.
Meanwhile, the friends of the legion can do nothing but repeat their
demands. If the governor decides that the republican party will not benefit
by a special session it is altogether probable that the national headquar
ters of the American legion will be moved to Washington or to some other
city.
Stwig Again!
The Goodrich tax law hits the small taxpayer in still another part icular.
property owner, who, through thrift and frugal saving, had been
able to buy a home on borrow'ed capital, is entitled to a mortgage ex
emption. Under the old law S7OO was the maximum exemption allowed,
and this only when the mortgage was at least $1,400.
The small home-owner in Indianapolis who paid taxes in accordance
with the $2.82 rate last year was entitled to an exemption amounting to
$19.74.
When Goodrich got his fingers into the tax affairs and consequently
adjusted the mortgage exemption feature, the maximum amount of the
mortgage exemption permitted any taxpayer was raised to SI,OOO.
The tax rate in the city today is $1.60 and the maximum amount of
the exemption allowed on the mortgaged home now is sl6. Compared
with the former exemption of $19.74, this is a loss to the small home
owner of $2.74.
But this is not all. Property valuation were in most cases increased
three and four times. On top of this were added horizontal, increase
amounting to 30 per cent and 50 per cent. The tax rate w'as reduced, but
it was not reduced in proportion to the increased valuation.
This means that the small home-owner riot only does not obtain as
large a mortgage exemption, but must pay a greatly increased amount of
taxes on the property which is not exempted.
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Lives or Bridges?
The Marion county council appropriated $300,000 for a bridge on North-
| western avenue because the failure to build a proper bridge at this place
Lwas likely to result in the destruction of $75,000 invested in a permanent
P'oad.
At the same time the county council failed to appropriate $300,000
which has been asked for many months for the purpose of enlarging Sunny
side sanitarium to take care of a waiting list of more than seventy-five
sufferers from tuberculosis.
In other words $75,000 Invested in a roadway is of more importance in
county affairs than seventy-five lives.
Speaking from the economic standpoint alone, the councilman did not
consider seventy-five lives as worth SI,OOO apiece to Marion county.
The Northwestern avenue bridge is doubtless a very desirable im
provement.
But it is a mere nothing when compared to the necessity for waging
a successful fight against tuberculosis In Marion county.
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE
FACING UNHAPPY PROBLEM
Tho state committee of the democratic
party will be called in session next week
to determine what must be done relative
to the nomination of a senator.
The committee will be confronted first
with a legal problem and second with a
problem of expediency such as has sel
dom entered into party affairs at this
stage of a campaign.
When Thomas Taggart withdrew his
name from the primary preferential bal
lot where it had been placed by petition
of a large number of the democrats of
the state, he not only deprived the party
of a practically unanimous choice for
the senatorshlp, but he left a badly
muddled situation.
A committee of Indianapolis lawyers,
appointed some time ago to guide the
committee in legal matters, has given a
unanimous opinion to the effect that/ the
primary law requires that the state com
mittee name a man to take the place
made vacant In the senatorial jfce. This
opinion does not meet with the approval
of a large number of democrats who do
not so interpret the law and feel that
the nomination should be left to the
convention.
Democrats with the latter viewpoint
have an opinion from W. V. Rooker,
lawyer, to the effect that insomuch as
Taggart was nominated by petition only
the petitioners can withdraw his name.
They are understood to be preparing
to take such legal action as will be
necessary to prevent the state committee
from naming a successor to Mr. Taggart
on the theory that Mr. Taggart is still
In the race.
Members of the state committee hare
been hearing from all parts of the state
and there is a wide-spread opposition to
the plan to have the thirteen members
select, a candidate for senator.
It is apparent that If the committee
succeeds In selecting a candidate whose
selection would be universally satisfac
tory there would be no harmful re
sults. It Is also just ns apparent that
unless the candidate selected by the com
mittee Is universally approved there will
be a wall go up from all parts of the
state to the effect that the committee Is
attempting to “run things” and tho dem
ocratic party Is being bossed by It.
DOG HILL PARAGRAFS
The engineer of the Tirkvllle train had
a hard time lust Thursday trying to run
ever a cow. The cow was unusually
large nml headstrong and showed tight
when she saw the train approaching
along the even tenor of its way. The
fireman was ordered to put In more wood,
and a full headway of steam was turned
on, but. when the collision took place the
animal escaped unscratehed while the en
gine was killed.
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Sira Flinders Is going to let bin farm
grow up in hushes so that the tax asses
sor can’t find it.
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Luke Mathewsl.a. who has been making
his own toothpicks for the last seventy
years, learned today that he could buy
1.000 for a nickel.
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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1920.
And tho greatest trouble about the
nomination Is that the state committee
Is finding all kinds of difficulty in lo
cating a democrat who would be uni
versally satisfactory and Is willing to
make the race.
Members of the committee realize that
they can not afford a bobble In this re
gard. Their selection must be a willing
candidate, and It is violating no secrets
to say that among the willing candidates
there are few who meet the approval of
the committee and among those men
whom the committee might willingly ap
prove there are few who will agree to
make the race.
The position which the committee will
eventually assume is awaited with much
Interest by the democrats who are par
ticularly Interested In the presidential
primary..
Gov. Edwards has attempted to with
draw the petition which was filed in his
behalf by unauthorized agents. Accord
ing to the secretary of state he has suc
ceeded. W. L. Elder, who filed the
Marshall petition, declares he will with
draw it when he is satisfied the name of
Gov. Edwards has been withdrawn. -
When both men have been withdrawn
a vacancy In the preferential primary
will have been created in dxact parallel
to that In the senatorial primary.
No one has yet asserted that the state
committee either will or will not attempt
to name a candidate xfor the Indiana
preferential vote for president, although
It Is conceded that the same law that has
been Interpreted to make it necessary to
select a senatorial candidate applies to the
presidential primary.—lndiana Publicity
Bureau.
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Contaminating Herds
I I have been visiting my cousin who
; has a wonderful dairy farm In Illinois,
j Over each cow was a genealogical table,
I which showed who were the cow’s father,
i mother and grandparents. There also
was a sheet showing just how much the
cow hRd enten and Just how much milk
sho hnd given each day during the year.
The most careful records are kept for
every calf from the day she is born.
My cousin is very particular not to
have any strange cows get tnto the herd.
He must know all about tho family and
habits of every animal which comes to
his farm. Not only Is he unwilling to
breed from any but the best; but he
doesn’t even want others around. “They
contaminate my herd,” he says.
If it means so milch to cow.* and pig*
to bo only with others who are clean,
well-behaved, and of good stock, what
must It mean to you and me? It surely
means that we should take great care
with whom we associate. Some people
think It foolish to wait for "Introduc
tions.” There’s a good reason for this
and for most, other conventionalities.—
Roger W. Babaon.
PUBLIC WELFARE
This Is the golden age of the rooming
house keeper. Driven to it by the scar
city of houses, more end more families
hnve been forced to a-ek shelter under
the roofs of others.
Census supervisors declare that the
population of many cities will show atir
pri&lng increase* in comparison to the
gain In number of houses.
The cost of living has played Its part
In this condition by causing many per
sons to open tbelr houses to roomers
as ati additional source of revenue.
This isn't a healthy or normal con
dition of affairs. It produces overcrowd
lug, discontent and reduced standards of
living. Two families In one’ house can't
be as Independent and happy as two
families In two houses.
People aren't cheerful when their home
condition* are unsatisfactory. Workers
aren’t contented, even nnder favorable
conditions of employment, when they
can t find the kind of homes they desire.
It la a condition which calls for Imme
diate government consideration, although
it Is .one of the many things which are
calling, but are unheard, by congress.
Tie matter of homea la a highly impor
tant part Os the question, of public wel
fare, and public welfare should, be the
supreme law.
Congress should follow Canada's ex
ample at once and provide a system of
long-time government loans for the build
ing of bouses.
Horae owners are stable and contented
citizens. Home seekers aren’t. Crowded
houses are bad,
Klauss Sees Something
Disturbing in Future
Considerable surprise and some cha
grin was expressed In republican cir
cles by the announcement of Otto Klauss,
auditor of state, that he would refuse
to misdirect the state funds further in
the Interest of the J. P. Goodrich ma
chine in Indiana, and insist that in
stitutions which have no money left to
run on either get legislative appropri
ations or shut up shop.
It was conceded that this means that
Gov. Goodrich must call a special ses
sion of the legislature within ninety
days. Some politicians openly asserted
that at lait Goodrich had found some
one to hold responsible for the special
session and that Klauss had consented
to be the “goat,” no matter how seri
ously a special session might resolve it
self for republican prospects.
The position of Mr. Klauss is a direct
reversal of his attitude when the repub
lican state committee met In Indianapolis
and determined that it did not want Mr.
Goodrich to call a special session. Klauss
then sent word that he was willing to
continue allowing the several state in
stttutioua to draw money from the gen
eral fund and thereby avoid the neces
sity of a special session Klauss did
this prior to the last regular legislative
session, and his action was approved by
the legislature.
It' is suggested that Mr. Klauss Is not
so sure of the political makeup of the
next legislature, and for that reason Is
unwilling to risk disapproval of his ac
tion this year.
A special session of the legislature is
now generally regarded as “Inevitable,"
not because Oor. Goodrich so declared
last winter, hut because Mr, Klauss ts
in a position to make it so.—lndiana
Publicity Bureau.
LIFT UP YOUR EYES
The city stood amazed; out in the
velvet night massed throngs stood In
silent ecstasy; preachers with their con
gregations stood in unvoiced awe gazing
up; mariners on the broad decks of ten
thousand ships stood at their posts
bathed in quiet reverenca; men and
women everywhere caught the contagion
of the revelation, looked up and away
from the rnt of routine, and were caught
In the spiritual exaltation that glimpses
the infinite at work.
For high above the little world of men
wj? n henven filled with other worlds;
worlds upon w’orlds, glowing with all the
rainbow" colors In procession; immensities
on Immensities parading before the hosts
of heaven, and calling to every fibre of
the universe “Glory, Glory. Lord God
Almighty, Heaven and Earth arc fnll of
Thee, Henven and Earth are Praising
Thee, Lord God Most High!”
When was this?
Oh. this happens every night, so far
as the heaven* are eoneerned; the only
lacking element In the picture is that
poor, blind, benighted man Veep* bowing
down to wood and stone, and doesn't lift
up his eyes sh the eternal hills where
the glory and the majesty of creation are
displayed.
Glotids piled np miles high; glowing
with life colors; mightier than sny mor
tal mountain range; more wonderful than
any earthly architecture; clouds above
us, sometimes almost enfolding mankind
with their marvels, and the only time man
notices them la when It tains and he has
left his umbrella at hooae
The wonders of God are common; bo
common that many waste their reverence
on the Imitation pasteboard settings of
clever men, and give more praise to the
painter of a puddle than to the creator
of an ocean.
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for the benefit of the orphans pf Lee
Stringer, n city patrolman, who waa shot
and killed by a negro several months
ago.
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to Mrs. Stringer.
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paper to handle funds of this kind and
The Times does not desire to receive
, such contributions from any source; nor
! to be regarded as a proper depository
for such funds.
The orphans of Lee Stringer are en
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titled to the same sympat iv and the
same treatment that has been accorded
the daughter of Sergeant ■ Maurice
Murphy, who was killed by a negro more
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motives of any person who desires to
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U. S. Marine Officer
Honored by Japan
WASHINGTON, March 20.—The em
peror of Japan has conferred the “Or
der of the Rising Sun“ on Lieut. CoL
William L. Redies of the United States
marine corps, and the decoration Is now
at marine corps headquarters here await
ing the arrival of Col. Redlea when It
will be delivered by Gen. Barnett, com
mandant of the corps.
Lieut. Col. Redles was until recently
ossistant to the naval attache at the
American embassy in Tokio. Japan, and
the decoration has l.een awarded him tn
appreciation of his services there.
TAKE IT EASY WHILE YOU CAN.